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صب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 تَصَابَبْتُ المَاآءَ ذ I drank what remained of the water (S, A, K) in a vessel: (S, A:) [or] you say, تصابّ الصُّبَابَةَ and ↓ اصطبّها and ↓ تصبّبها [ he drank what remained of the water, or of the milk, in a vessel ]; (M, L;) all signifying the same. (L, TA.) ― -b2- And [hence,] تَصَابَّ فُلَانٌ المَعِيشَةَ بَعْدَ فُلانٍ [lit. Such a one drank the remains of life after such a one ], meaning (tropical:) such a one outlived such a one: (A, * TA:) and تَصَابَبْتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ اـِلَّا وَاحِدًا (tropical:) [ I outlived them all except one ]. (TA.) Esh-Shemmákh says, (M,) or ElAkhtal, (TA,) لَقَوْمٌ تَصَابَبْتُ المَعِيشَةَ بَعْدَهُمْ أَعَزُّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ عِفَاآءٍ تَغَيَّرَا (tropical:) [ Verily the loss of a people whom I have outlived is more severe to me than abundant and long hair that has become altered in colour]: he means, the loss of those with whom I was in a state of ease and plenty is more severe to me than my hair's becoming white: (M:) Az says, he likens what remained of his life to the remains of beverage that he was sipping up. (TA.)

Derived headwords

تَصَابَبْتُ المَاآءَverb
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تصابّ الصُّبَابَةَ
تَصَابَّ فُلَانٌ المَعِيشَةَ
بَعْدَ فُلانٍ
أَجْمَعِينَ اـِلَّا وَاحِدًا
لَقَوْمٌ تَصَابَبْتُ المَعِيشَةَ بَعْدَهُمْ
أَعَزُّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ عِفَاآءٍ تَغَيَّرَا